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Tay-Sachs — noun a hereditary disorder of lipid metabolism occurring most frequently in individuals of Jewish descent in eastern Europe; accumulation of lipids in nervous tissue results in death in early childhood • Syn: ↑Tay Sachs disease, ↑Sachs disease,… … Useful english dictionary
Tay-Sachs — noun see Tay Sachs disease … New Collegiate Dictionary
Tay-Sachs disease — tā saks n a hereditary disorder of lipid metabolism that typically affects individuals of eastern European Jewish ancestry, that is marked by the accumulation of lipids esp. in nervous tissue due to a deficiency of hexosaminidase A, that is… … Medical dictionary
TAY-SACHS DISEASE — (Amaurotic Familial Idiocy). Amaurotic Familial Idiocy, known as the Tay Sachs Disease after W. Tay, an English ophthalmologist who discovered it in 1881, and B. Sachs, a U.S. neurologist who followed in 1887, is a hereditary disease,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Tay-Sachs disease — /tay saks /, Pathol. a rare fatal hereditary disease, occurring chiefly in infants and children, esp. of eastern European Jewish origin, characterized by a red spot on the retina, gradual blindness, and paralysis. [1920 25; named after W. Tay… … Universalium
Tay-Sachs Disease — Tay Sachs Disease, n. (Med.) A rare hereditary disease affecting lipid metabolism in humans, due to a deficiency of hexosaminidase. It occurs in infants and children, and causes death before the onset of adulthood. It occurs most commonly of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tay Sachs, enfermedad de — metabol. Ganglosidosis de origen hereditario y de transmisión autosómica recesiva que se caracteriza por la acumulación de gangliósidos GM2 tipo I en el sistema nervioso. Es una enfermedad letal y se manifiesta en niños de 3 a 6 meses, provocando … Diccionario médico
Tay-Sachs-Krankheit — [te̱i ßạ...; nach dem engl. Augenarzt Warren Tay, 1843 1944, und dem amer. Neurologen Bernard Sachs, 1854 bis 1944]: = amaurotische Idiotie … Das Wörterbuch medizinischer Fachausdrücke
Tay-Sachs disease — Tay′ Sachs′ disease [[t]ˈteɪˈsæks[/t]] n. pat a degenerative brain disorder caused by lack of or deficiency in an essential enzyme, usu. resulting in mental and physical deterioration and death in early childhood • Etymology: 1905–10; after… … From formal English to slang
Tay-Sachs disease — ☆ Tay Sachs disease [tā′saks′ ] n. [after W. Tay (1843 1927), Eng physician, & B. Sachs (1858 1944), U.S. neurologist, who described it] a hereditary condition, found chiefly among descendants of some Eastern European Jews, caused by an enzyme… … English World dictionary
